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罢丑别听Oxford English Dictionary听(OED) is a historical dictionary, containing over 500,000 entries and 3.5 million quotations to capture over 1,000 years of English. We update the OED every quarter, revising versions of existing entries as well as defining new words and senses, all subtly broadening our understanding of the English language.

10 highlights from this quarter’s update听

1. This update contains more than 500 new words, phrases, and senses, including 听and听.听The OED Executive Editor, Craig Leyland, shares more about the words added听this quarter in听our听.

2. With more than 950 revised senses, we鈥檝e听updated the entries relating to various major word families, such as听bounce, heal,听and听drop.听Word groups such as these are fundamental, wide-ranging, and productive elements of English. Through the centuries they appear in new contexts, in new locations,听and are听adapted by people to fit their changing circumstances.听For example, we now show that people have talked of听听babies on their knees since at least 1836,听of听听since 1707,听and of鈥�鈥痓eing used by听fishermen听since 1695.听

3. Our entry for鈥�鈥痵hows a new sense, where it鈥檚 used to designate animals as particularly appealing to humans, and therefore popular with conservation causes that use them to gain support.

4. OED editor, Jeffrey Sherwood, uncovers the , which听originally听meant almost the opposite of what it means today.

5. We also recognize鈥�鈥痑s an adjective to cover a more recent use meaning 鈥榡ealous鈥�.

6. As part of our , this release sees additions from Hong Kong, the Philippines,听Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, and Ireland. Find out more in听our听听by鈥疧ED鈥疎xecutive Editor, Danica Salazar.

7. In Malaysian and Singaporean English,鈥�鈥痙enotes guesswork or estimation, and is most听frequently听used in the context of a particular way of cooking, in which ingredients are added based on estimation and intuition rather than听accurate听measurement.

8. The Hong Kong pastry, ,听does not听contain听pineapple, but its cracked, baked topping resembles the skin of this fruit.听Meanwhile, a听听is听a听communal meal at听which听different kinds听of food are laid out, typically on banana leaves, and eaten with听the听hands.

9. ,鈥�dating to听2011 and听1986听respectively, is a colloquial phrase听used by听Irish people to introduce or emphasize a statement, or to express resignation or acceptance of a situation.

10. We are now providing multiple audio pronunciations for some British and U.S. transcriptions.鈥疐ind out more in 听from Holly Dann, pronunciation editor.

Explore the update in more depth .